{"product_id":"9781930066168","title":"Between Cultures: Children of Immigrants in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the grandchild of Italian immigrants, photographer Gina J. Grillo has a personal impetus in her photographic studies of ethnic and immigrant life in the United States. In \u003ci\u003eBetween Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, Grillo explores the struggles immigrant children face as they develop their cultural identity in an environment completely new and foreign to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the tradition of the pioneering photographers Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine, Grillo portrays the immigrant experience through children's eyes, unearthing a complex and poignant world. She begins with images of newly arrived immigrant families at O'Hare International Airport during their first few hours in the United States, and then follows them through the gates and into Chicago's urban life: through her chronicle of citizenship ceremonies, cultural celebrations, weddings and dances, and other everyday scenes of immigrant life, Grillo captures the crucial elements that shape not only the characters of the children, but also the neighborhoods in which they reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor adults, emigration to America is filled with both hope and fear, yet it is tempered by a mature understanding. For children, however, this same journey unfolds in the unrelenting present as they must constantly negotiate their individual identities and allegiances to culture, country, and kin. With moving quotations and drawings by immigrant children woven into Grillo's visual sequence, \u003ci\u003eBetween Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique meditation on the development of individual identity through the reconciliation of multiple cultural heritages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia College Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040241041648,"sku":"9781930066168","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781930066168_p0.jpg?v=1763637995","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781930066168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}